Osimiri Shire
| Shire River Shiré, Chire | |
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 The Shire near Nsanje, Malawi | |
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| Etymology | Chewa chiri, "steep banks"[1][2] |
| Location | |
| Country | Malawi, Mozambique |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Lake Malawi |
| • coordinates | 14°25′25″S 35°14′10″E / 14.42361°S 35.23611°E |
| • elevation | 474 m (1,555 ft) |
| Mouth | Zambezi |
• coordinates | 17°41′36″S 35°18′55″E / 17.69333°S 35.31528°E |
| Length | 402 km (250 mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 486 m3/s |
Shire bụ osimiri kachasị ukwuu na Malawi.[3] Ọ bụ naanị ebe a na-esi abanye n'Ọdọ Mmiri Malawi, ọ na-asọbakwa n'Osimiri Zambezi dị na Mozambique. Ogologo ya bụ 402 kilometres (250 mi). Osimiri Shire dị n'elu na-asọpụta site n'Ọdọ Mmiri Malawi ma na-asọ ihe dị ka 19 km (12 mi) tupu ọ banye n'Ọdọ Mmiri Malombe dị omimi. Ọ na-asọpụ mmiri n'Ọdọ Mmiri Malombe wee na-asọga n'ebe ndịda site na Liwonde National Park ebe ọtụtụ hippopotamus juru ebe niile n'akụkụ ya. N'etiti obodo Matope na Chikwawa, osimiri etiti na-ada ihe dị ka 400 m (1,300 ft) site na usoro mmiri na ndagwurugwu, gụnyere Mmiri Kapachira. E wuru ọdọ mmiri abụọ maka ike eletrik n'akụkụ ugwu ọdịda anyanwụ nke Shire nke Blantyre.
Mgbe Chikwawa gafere, osimiri dị n'okpuru na-atụgharị gaa n'ebe ndịda ọwụwa anyanwụ wee banye n'ala dị larịị nke Mozambique. Osimiri Ruo, nke kachasị ukwuu ma bụrụkwa otu n'ime obere mmiri ya na-asọba mgbe niile, na-esonyere Shire dị nso n'obodo Malawi bụ Chiromo. Mmiri apịtị ahụ na-agafe n'ebe buru ibu nke a maara dị ka Elephant Marsh tupu ọ ruo na njikọ ya na Osimiri Zambezi dị n'ebe ndịda obodo Sena, Mozambique.
N'afọ 1859, njem David Livingstone nke Abụọ nke Zambezi gara n'osimiri Shire.[4]
Ndagwurugwu osimiri ahụ bụ akụkụ nke usoro East Africa Rift.[5]
Edensibia
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- ↑ Price, T. (1966). "Shire, Shirwak and Nyasa". The Society of Malawi Journal 19 (1): 15-19.
- ↑ The Mighty Shire River – History Of Malawi. Archived from the original on 2023-04-11. Retrieved on 2026-07-06.
- ↑ The Ruins of the Moment: Shire River, Malawi — Photos by Pete McGregor (December 20, 2010).
- ↑ (2016) Malawi (in en). Bradt Travel Guides. ISBN 9781784770143.
- ↑ Live Search Maps. Archived from the original on 2007-12-03. Retrieved on 2026-07-06.
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